[access-uk] Re: New BBC news website goes live today
- From: Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:48:17 +0100
I wouldn't know, I use voiceover.
Cheers
G
From glorious Devon, England.
On 14 Jul 2010, at 12:24, Damon Rose wrote:
> Apologies. I'm on catchup. Is Safari now supported by jaws 11? A quick google
> and look at jaws 11 help documents didn't reveal anything on this.
>
>
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Gordon Keen
> Sent: 14 July 2010 11:39
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: New BBC news website goes live today
>
> Hi
>
> I get the rss feeds from the news and technology pages and today there were a
> whole bunch of oldish stories as well as some new ones.
> Guess it may take a while for it to settle down.
> BTW safari 5 has a handy new reader button that cuts out all the spurious
> links and ads making the reading experience much nicer.
>
> Cheers
>
> G
>
> From glorious Devon, England.
> On 14 Jul 2010, at 11:21, Damon Rose wrote:
>
>> Hi there.
>>
>> The new BBC website went live this morning. From a screenreader perspective
>> the layout will look pretty much the same with a bit more detail.
>>
>> The word 'New' appears after stories that have just been put on the site.
>>
>> There are a good few many more headings on the page meaning that you can get
>> a good sense of most of the page by toggling with your H key.
>>
>> There are a few places where you see some unusual things like Africa is a
>> heading level 3, and on the line below that you have Africa as a heading
>> level 4. I suspect there is some kind of image or bar or something in
>> between the two for those blessed with sight but looks a little weird in a
>> screenreader. I'll be feeding this back.
>>
>> I fancy the page might be a little more sluggish but then my entire computer
>> is acting sluggish today so I can't tell. I fear there may be a little more
>> Flash or java on the page now, weighing jaws down.
>>
>> …Damon
>>
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>>
>>
>> Damon Rose
>> Senior Content Producer bbc.co.uk/ouch
>> BBC Vision Learning
>>
>> Tel: 020 8752 4427 (x0224427)
>> email: damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx
>>
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